“This year we will be celebrating 50 years of Independence and they did their very best and made us proud. All of them should be honoured even though there are some of them who did not get a medal.

Just by being there alone is good enough. These fellas put out everything they had, to do their best, and they are supposed to be treated nice. When these guys come home, they are supposed to be treated just as nice.”

A house will be the most important thing needed by 24-year-old Keston Bledman, his father said.

“If my son could get a house, I would be very thankful. That is the most important thing for him. He would usually stay at a hotel or sometimes pass through by me but most of the time he is not really around. I think it is a good investment for a young person. I don’t know what the others might want. Everybody will have different wants and needs and they should be rewarded accordingly.”

*sigh* 

This is the problem with the government’s reactionary and ill-thought-out approach to dealing with every situation.